PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume v, Issue 419, 27 July 1880, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

rt% ■> % i ft '«. / •(, ' j Before the • idjdurnmebt oh Thursday morning, a number of. new clauses were added to the Municipal Corporations Bill, i ijrfaiph wee then r«pertea f I and the report waeirds«Mf tclbJ»cflsißmered I a month hence, co ak to frfve- the Munici. ' palitieu tmitfr'tp Cojjflidef th§ m«*ff re ad amended {/J I tj\\ Wl ■ The House adjourned at 1,45 tLttt. Gn the same day* during tfie afternoon sitting,,, ££r Dick ijitroduped vt tb* Fublip Entertainments Prohibition Bill, and the Districte Bill. \V* \ *si -Vi ' > TH object of the latter Bill, Mr Dick efiid, was to give certain efniplepdweri of local government Jo towns of not sufljcient s population'to become Muaicipalitiee. ; ; ,^ In committee in the Fire Brigades , BHI, Mr Speight said he would object to' the

Bill if it gave power to * id strike a special rate without being em-

powered to do bo by the ratepayers. Far; too much rating power was proposed to be. given to local bodies in Bills before the House. On clause 16 he nioVed an amend - . ment in accordance with theeereinarkii. ."" The lfc>i«e divided ;~Ayee, gfr; Nueee 32. - The clause as printed was .passed.;, / / On a motion that the House go into committee on the Hospital and Charitable' Aid.Endowment Bill, l ' l J ' ■* *( Mr Turnbull suggested Bill shouM be taken up by the Government. The* proposals of• the nieaeurVttfe contended, were of ei|ffit;ieu^iinpor ? tance to warrant ' ''thajL, course '; ..Hβ moved that they go into committee that day six months. ( t , 4 , :- . ,j .The l&X ,approvedbf the principle of the y Bill and woqld give it general support. < After discussion the amendment was negatived on the voices, and .the, went into cdmmittee. The Bill was reported-witlraraendtnerits, and at 1.10 the House rose. •■- I In the, Council on Jridayj Ifor thecojnuiittaj ofi thoj Maorii!Prisoners Bill, '■ , i/j/hl ii ...'.,;•> ■•;,,,■ -ill ~. !l .%■

The Hons. W, Mantel! and -Wi ftWooa expressed ! strong opposition to l tho principlo ol the Bill J Hj>v ;;?j.'»iii ■.'/. .-•>?. * The Hon. Gi BiieklW bought ltPtt^a' ! %r;F. D. Bell arid Cblehel Whfttnore spoke; in support of the BHlv•Th 4 Hon. T. Frf^r (^aid;,h©, thought Government ought liberate a dozen of the who were old and decrepit!,' r"or '■me climate of Dunedin would soon kill them. Tliey ? shouid' be l taken' Hack to : their homes whether willing or not. The Hon. Colonel Brett thought they •were showing; gMO pusillanimity .iih the matter in being afraid of- a fewr Maoris. If Colonel Bo&rtel Kvas fdsVructedVW could: go right through the country, arid deal f ith the whole 30.1)00' Maoris. H e Mushed for liia, ll»g. ? wliiclr ; had; waved a Mjousaud years, that theyahould lie. acting ill cowardly• ■■y,- -ft :■.:*• **< "■>•■' "*■' ■''■■■>■■■' The Bdtt^-t.Sc^lWrfth&nghViflie^Bili' waaL b'lroikKfV£'itf itti 1 jdfit'tiio'" IrVeSn Coast settlers, who would, always want ■\j.. j .-.-1 if.-ifv.viit j*. ■''.-♦'A'*" '•■'"'' ! .this sort of legislation, even if Jhera wpre, ■.■,„.* , ~'i.hf/. r.i'iSrif. 1 .-■ -! pUly a dozen old women there. v were old women there, Mr Scotland had better go and keep them company. The thought the passing of the Bill was imperative. ' Bill waai,,th#n pissed through. t yarious amendments were rejected, and the third reading wa» carried by ; ?4 votes to 4< • if,.-.. v In Committee of Supply the House Was [fUffiiged in dißcussihg the Legielatife tote. A considerable amount of dtaeiiiMtjh'waa indulged in. Thi^nefi-e^ tfoVconsiderabTe*. ' The House showed a *"»««» ■ ■ r i '-i : '-t ' ,<:-■..* •« •' ". most virtuous alacrity in cutting down the salaries of officers of the Council. 1 hey % sfm atrucjk, off, ££00 f torn the .salary o^tli^e Speaker, the same amount from that pf the cut 6ft tta Salaries' (£IOO each) of the Ghiirmdn of Affairs;-and Lands Odrn'miltees At this stage, however, they appe/ared l tohave had a siir'feiTof econohiy? m hi "teV 'this' various ? at-. t^ts/^redubmr resisted. " '' ' '"'"

Mr Bwaneon pointed out 1 the absurdity of paying l their Speaker' but 'the Item 1 v waß neTertJieless 'carried, by which the foririer" will receive £700 as 'against 1, £600, the '•alary of the

latter. Tlie usual squabble of the hono.rarjum then commenced* and members who have shown themselves perfectly willing to reduce the salaries of junior and the wages of labourers'exhibited, an earnestness in exacting their own pound of flesh that was, by no edify<ihg. After innumerable divisions, a motion to reduce the amount payable by 10 per cent, was at last carried by 49 to 20.' ' The Times' correspondent thus describes this discreditable debate :— The ecene in the House last night on the honorarium debate was at times most unseemly arid undignified. It was remarked that up to the adjournment there was a "fuller Hciuee than upon any previous occasion during the session, 74 members taking part on one division, and that much greater earnestness was exhibited than when matters of national importance are under consideration. It was. also a subject of comment in the galleries,, and while something which can only ; be described aa a cheerful alacrity on the part of certain members was exhibited in

cutting down the salaries of the eivi* servants, the same members were most Violent in protesting against a rod notion of the honorarium*, # Opcusio'ialjy five or six members were on |beirj '..feet' at the moment, th* 1 Pp.-iker hit ring condifficulty in deciding tis to who had precedence. the epertacle was a humiliating one. It ia now agreed on almost all hnnde that tl\<* «eeei<Mi is moribarid/Jandiijiit wjjff ; done beyond, of|the e|tiniiatee. No one now believes that there is any 'serious intention on the part of the Go.vernment to pass the Representation Bill.